A sales firm receives an average of three calls per hour on its toll-free number. For any given hour, find the probability that it will receive at least three calls. Use the Poisson distribution.

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Keshav Vishwkarma asked Apr 16, 2022

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A sales firm receives an average of three calls per hour on its toll-free number. For any given hour, find the probability that it will receive at least three calls. Use the Poisson distribution.

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Answer:

At most 3 calls: 64.7%

At least 3 calls: 57.7%

5 or more calls: 18.5%

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